Traditional Services

WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH

TRADITIONAL SERVICES

Wesley Sanctuary 7.30am | 9.30am (Live-streamed) | 11.30am | 5.00pm

3 August 2025 | 8th Sunday after Pentecost

Liturgical Colour: Green (Ordinary Time) 

Lectionary: Hosea 11:1–11, Psalm 107:1–9, 43,
Colossians 3:1–11, Luke 12:13–21

Songs: Ye Servants of God (UMH 181), Just As I Am,
Without One Plea (UMH 357),
Praise the Lord Who Heals (Ps 147), Go to the World

Sermon: The Church in the World (Rev 1:1 – 3:22)

I.  GATHERING

We gather in the Lord’s name weekly to be renewed in our hearts and minds. Our worship of God is a response to his revelation as he reveals his truth to us through Scripture, sermon, prayers and songs 

MEDITATION VERSES 

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, 
“who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelation 1:8

PREPARATION PRAYERby Robert Blezard

God, our guide and our protector,
as we gather today in your holy house,
open our minds and souls and hearts,
that we may be inclined to hear the gentle direction
of your Spirit in our lives.
Help us follow you as you lead us
to the land you have created for us,
where we may dwell with you and in you. Amen.

PRELUDE  

GREETING

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

All: God of glory,
you sent Jesus among us as the light of the world,
to reveal your love for all people. 

We confess that our sin and pride hide the brightness of your light.
We turn away from the poor;
we ignore cries for justice;
we do not strive for peace.

Forgive us, God. In your mercy, cleanse us of our sin,
and renew us once again with your Spirit,
so that, as forgiven and renewed people,
we may reflect the love and life of Jesus Christ
into our world. Amen. 

CALL TO WORSHIP *by Dr. Lisa Hancock, 2025

Children of God, we gather as people
who have received new life in Jesus Christ.
We come to set our minds on Christ,
who surrounds us in love. 

The world tries to distract us with anxious rumours,
worrisome lies, and misleading half-truths.
We come to set our minds on Christ,
who surrounds us in love. 

In this place, we gather to remind, remember,
and renew our commitment to dwell in the love of Christ.
We come to set our minds on Christ,
who surrounds us in love. 

Children of God, come! Let us worship God,
who clothes us in new life and renews us in grace.
Come, let us worship as we set our minds on Christ,
who surrounds us in love. 

OPENING HYMN *
Ye Servants of God UMH 181

SCRIPTURE READING *Colossians 3:1–11

PRAYER HYMN
Just As I Am, Without One Plea UMH 357, St. 1 to 4

SILENT PRAYER

UNISON PRAYER
All: God, our guide and our protector,
open our minds and souls and hearts,
that we may be inclined to hear the gentle direction
of your Spirit in our lives, through your living Word.
Amen. 

MUSICAL INTERLUDE

II.   SERMON SERIES  – BOOK OF REVELATION 1 of 9

III.   WE RESPOND IN SHARING AND GIVING

We respond to God’s Word through the sharing of peace, participating in and praying for the programs and initiatives of the church, as we seek to grow in our discipleship journey, offering time, money, and gifts where help is needed as God’s stewards. 

PEACE AND OFFERING

Welcome

Sharing of God's Peace *
Shalom to You   UMH 666

Family News

Offertory Prayer

Tithes and Gifts to God

Communion Offering for TRAC Lease Renewal Fund

Doxology * 
My TributeUMH 99

THE APOSTLES’ CREED 

RITUAL FOR HOLY COMMUNION

Invitation
The Great Thanksgiving (spoken responses)
The Lord’s Prayer (ASAS)
Giving the Bread and Cup
  Praise the Lord Who Heals 
  Words and Music by Norman Agatep
  © 2010 Jesuit Communication Foundation, Inc 
Praise the Lord Who Heals 
Partaking of Bread and Cup
Thanksgiving Prayer  

IV.   SENDING FORTH

Having been renewed in our hearts and minds, we are to go forth into the world as Christ’s ambassadors in the ministry of reconciliation. 

CLOSING HYMN *
Go to the World
Words: Sylvia Dunstan © 1991 GIA Publications, Inc.
Music (ENGELBERG): Charles Villers Stanford, P.D. 
(To the tune of UMH 68 – When in Our Music God Is Glorified) 

1. Go to the world! Go into all the earth.
   Go preach the cross where Christ renews life’s worth, 
   baptizing as the sign of our rebirth.
   Alleluia!

2. Go to the world! Go into every place.
   Go live the word of God’s redeeming grace. 
   Go seek God’s presence in each time and space.
   Alleluia!

3. Go to the world! Go struggle, bless, and pray;
   the nights of tears give way to joyous day.
   As servant Church, you follow Christ’s own way.
   Alleluia!

4. Go to the world! Go as the ones I send,
   for I am with you till the age shall end,
   when all the hosts of glory cry “Amen.”
   Alleluia!  

BENEDICTION *

POSTLUDE

Prayer Ministry at the Altar
If you need someone to pray with you, please proceed to the inner rails of the altar area. If you wish to pray alone, please use the outer rails.

* Congregation may stand.